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647774

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 5.17 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how many of the additional prison staff paid for by the £500 million of extra funding to enable the recruitment of 2,500 extra prison officers and wider reforms will be (a) Band 3 to 5 Officers, (b) Operational Support Grade officers and (c) other grades.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	55488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Justice Secretary announced major reforms to the prison system in the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published on 3 November, to cut reoffending and help reduce crime.</p><p>As part of these reforms, we are going to empower governors, giving them the freedom to drive forward reform. That is why from April 2017, we are giving governors the power and budget to determine how their prisons are run. This includes governors having the authority to do their own workforce planning, decide what staffing structures best meets their local needs and deciding how to deploy extra staff in prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 18:11:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

642357

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 15 November 2016, Official Report, column 131, what her policy is on the introduction of a programme to re-recruit prison officers who have recently left the service on temporary contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	54359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>We currently offer permanent flexible contracts to ex-prison officers under the HMPS Reserve Scheme which was established in November 2015. This was preceded by a Fixed-Term Contract project to recruit ex-officers which ran between 2014 and 2015.</p><p>Under the HMPS Reserve Scheme, we offer a permanent flexible contract to prison officers who have left voluntarily within the preceding 2 years. These staff will work flexibly to meet the needs of the estate. This helps to support the current operational workforce across the estate and to complement existing methods for meeting the staffing needs of prisons around the country.</p><p>HMPS Reserve staff provide a valuable flexible resource for NOMS by supporting prison regimes. Former prison officers can also request to be re-employed. Under the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles we can re appoint those who have left within the last 5 years.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 18:15:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786803

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) number and (b) benchmark target of prison officers has been for the 10 prisons deemed to be of serious concern in the Prison Annual Performance Ratings 2016-17 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	112234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the tables below. HMP Birmingham was not benchmarked.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Table 1a: The number of Band 3-5 prison officers (FTE) in post, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31/03/2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>243</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Table 1b: Benchmark target of band 3-5 prison officers (FTE), as at 30 April 2010 to 30 April 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30/04/2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>…</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1. Benchmark targets include small temporary additions allocated to the establishment at the relevant date.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2. Benchmark targets have been rounded to the nearest whole number.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ol start="3"><li>Benchmark implementation took place from 2013 onwards, starting with Local and Cat C prisons and other category prisons from 2015.</li></ol></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>… denotes not available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/11/2017 16:27:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

809868

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 119247, what categories of information the Government collects on detached duty.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison management and resourcing. These are operational decisions made on the basis of a wide range of management information and based on assessments of the current operational need and the availability of eligible staff.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/01/2018 17:34:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

809869

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 119247, if he will publish all data held by the Government on detached duty.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no intention to publish this information.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of operational prison management, made on the basis of the current operational need.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/01/2018 17:34:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

802715

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for officers on detached duty in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the data due to disproportionate costs involved with accessing the data.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/12/2017 12:47:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806463

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been deployed on detached duty in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. Since October 2013, national detached duty has been coordinated centrally. Detached duty has taken place every day since this date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/12/2017 13:03:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806039

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days of detached duty have been worked by prison officers in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. Since October 2013, national detached duty has been coordinated centrally. Detached duty has taken place every day since this date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/12/2017 14:18:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806038

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days of detached duty have been worked by prison officers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. Since October 2013, national detached duty has been coordinated centrally. Detached duty has taken place every day since this date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/12/2017 13:04:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon